Colleen M Flood Author & Editor

Colleen M. Flood, FRSC, FCAHS is University of Ottawa Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and inaugural Director of the Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Her research interests are focused on the role of law in shaping health and health care systems and the appropriate roles for the public and private sectors. Vanessa MacDonnell is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre. She researches in the areas of Canadian constitutional law, constitutional theory, comparative constitutional law, and criminal law and procedure. The Honourable Jane Philpott, MD, CCFP, MPH, PC is Professor of Family Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She is a medical doctor, educator, and former Member of Parliament. Her research interests include medical education, primary care, and the Indigenous health workforce. Sophie Thériault is Full Professor and Vice-Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section), at the University of Ottawa. She is also a lawyer and member of the Global Young Academy. Professor Thériault’s research focuses on Indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of natural resources extraction; Indigenous environmental governance; environmental justice and environmental rights; and food security and sovereignty for Indigenous peoples. Sridhar Venkatapuram is an academic-practitioner in global health ethics and justice. He is an Associate Professor at King’s College London, and Director of Global Health Education and Training at the King’s Global Health Institute. His research interests include public and global health ethics, social determinants of health, the capabilities approach, health equity, and global governance for health.